NATO is incautiously expanding eastward, which has thoughtful Russians worried about being fenced out of Europe—and worse
How Russian invaders unleashed violence on small-town residents
On this question, a former ambassador says, "we are kind of confused as a country."
The unified international response to the Skripal poisoning shows that the West will only suffer so much provocation.
My home is in danger, and I’m thousands of miles away. This small, strange window is helping me cope.
Some readers say it’s a moral imperative; others say there’s no way to buy oil with a clean conscience.
Moscow holds certain hot spots abroad in a stasis of isolation and neglect. Now part of Russia is experiencing these conditions for itself.
"They shouldn't be [expletive] flying. There's a war going on."
How Beijing tries to make a democracy submit without putting up a fight
It’s hard to imagine that any of his rivals from the last election could have matched the president’s performance in this crisis.